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Alex Hanna

Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

Alex Hanna is the Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the field of artificial intelligence. Hanna has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and has worked on various projects related to AI, machine learning, and natural language processing. He is a prominent public intellectual, and has written for vari...

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Working 9 to Hype, 2026.08.10Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Sep 2, 202654:23HostRumors of a Singularity Have Been Grossly Exaggerated, 2026.08.03Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Aug 19, 202654:32HostWho's Responsible for "Responsible AI"?, 2026.07.06Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Aug 4, 202658:53HostState of Emergency, 2026.06.29Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Jul 23, 202655:39HostWhen the Bubble Bursts (with Matt Scherer), 2026.06.01Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Jul 7, 202653:13HostBeware the 20x Engineer, 2026.05.11Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Jun 24, 202653:14HostBernie Goes Down the X-Risk Rabbithole (with Dr. Nathalie Maréchal), 2026.05.04Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Jun 9, 20261:03:54HostLIVE: Anthropic Imagines a Very Special Boy, 2026.04.30Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000May 26, 20261:01:22HostHotter Than (AI) Hell, 2026.04.20Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000May 13, 202655:37HostThere's No Ghost in the Machine (with Carmen Maria Machado), 2026.04.13Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Apr 28, 202653:37HostUber for Military Surveillance (with Niamh McIntyre), 2026.03.30Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Apr 16, 202653:44HostData Centers Go Nuclear (with Maia Woluchem and Dr. Livia Garofalo), 2026.03.09Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Mar 31, 202657:12HostThe AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We WantTalk of the Bay from KSQDMar 30, 202655:04GuestData Centers in Space!? (with Dr. Adam Becker), 2026.03.02Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Mar 17, 202653:38HostHow the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI (with Naomi Klein), 2026.02.09Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Feb 26, 202652:02HostA Bad Case of Hype-itis, 2026.02.02Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Feb 12, 202656:20HostHell All the Way Down, 2022–2025Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Jan 30, 202640:34HostWrapping Up a Hellish 2025, 2025.12.15Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Jan 13, 202658:29HostDefining AGI: Oops! All Eugenics, 2025.12.08Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Dec 30, 202555:01HostThis is What Algo-cracy Looks Like, 2025.12.01Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000Dec 16, 202559:14Host